SB2026092861 - Always-Incorrect Control Flow Implementation in Linux kernel ntfs

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Always-Incorrect Control Flow Implementation (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-98133)

CWE-ID: CWE-670 - Always-Incorrect Control Flow Implementation

CVSSv4: 2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

The vulnerability allows a local user to cause existing extended attributes to be hidden.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect state handling in ntfs_set_ea() when handling a failed extended attribute update. A local user can trigger a failure while setting an extended attribute to cause existing extended attributes to be hidden.

The attributes remain hidden until the inode is evicted.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5811a08310754cbf4a1122c81d14c54b8873c35c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac727d86fb84bdc9626ba9c756c26767459f3083